Most Memorable Games from the Orlando Magic's 2012-13 Season

Harry How/Getty ImagesOrlando shooting guard Arron Afflalo scored 30 points to lead the Magic to victory against the Los Angeles Lakers, the team that traded for former Magic star Dwight Howard, in one of the most memorable games of Orlando's season

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Nobody expected much from the Orlando Magic this past year, and they were right to believe this.

The team limped to a final record of 20-62, the worst mark in the NBA. However, the Magic’s season had its share of entertaining games.

We’ll rate the five most memorable games the Magic played, ranking them based on the following factors: whether it was an upset, individual performances, how close the game was and outside factors (rivalry, playing against former players, etc).

All the statistics (individual and team), box scores and team standings used in this article are from ESPN.com.

The team Howard had demanded to be traded from in a tremendously publicized affair, beat his star-studded group on their home floor.

Orlando fans rejoiced as their club thoroughly beat Howard, seen as a headache and traitor to the organization, and the Lakers behind a 40-point fourth quarter.

In a contest comparable to David and Goliath, the Magic won behind a superb team effort, with Arron Afflalo, Jameer Nelson, J.J. Redick, Glen Davis and Nikola Vucevic providing excellent production.

Afflalo finished the game with 30 points, five rebounds and five assists, Nelson scored 19 and racked up 13 assists, Redick tallied 14 points and seven assists, while both Davis and Vucevic grabbed 12 rebounds as they both had double-doubles on the night (Davis scored 23 points and Vucevic had 17).

So when we consider the factors used to rank these games: upset, individual performances, how close the game was (neck-to-neck until the 4:30 mark in the fourth quarter when the Magic ran away with the game*) and outside factors, the Orlando victory over Los Angeles was clearly the most memorable game for the Magic this past season.

*Courtesy of ESPN.com, you can look at the "Play-By-Play," if you want to go through the exact plays to see how the game went, or "Shot Chart" (and then specifically click on "Game Flow"), which provides a graph to illustrate how tight a contest this was.